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Security Scan Report: www.dakotanewsnow.com

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Submitted: Nov 1, 2025, 10:40:24 AMCompleted: Nov 1, 2025, 10:42:25 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 202 IPs in 8 countries across 81 domains to perform 256 HTTP transactions. The main domain is dakotanewsnow.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/video/2025/11/01/government-shutdown-lowers-mortgage-rates-south-dakotans/

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 85%

2
Risk Score

Low risk site; circular redirect noted but otherwise appears legitimate.

Risk Factors
Circular redirect detected (final URL points back to an earlier URL in the redirect chain)
Safety Factors
Domain age over 6 years (well‑established)
No malicious Indicators of Compromise matches found
No credential or payment forms on the page
Content appears to be a standard news article
Hosted on regular web hosting (not IPFS or cloud storage)
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Government shutdown lowers mortgage rates for South Dakotans

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

social media network

(57%)

Domain Information

Within the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), 'www.dakotanewsnow.com' is registered, featuring subdomain 'www'. Count 13 characters in 'dakotanewsnow' split between five vowels and eight consonants. Breaking it apart gives 3 words: dakota, new, snow. Average segment length settles at 4 characters. 'dakota' is most common in Chinese (Pinyin) usage. Usage also turns up in English and Danish contexts. Net impression: Chinese (Pinyin) phrase.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/video/2025/11/01/government-shutdown-lowers-mortgage-rates-south-dakotans/

Page Load Overview

69.52s
Total Load Time
256
HTTP Requests
81
Domains
3.2 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:80%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:80%
Script Type:Latin
HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:5,816 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

social media network57% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

social media network
57%
government public service
38%
news media journalism
37%
finance banking
36%
adult content
30%

Detected Features

Search
OG: video.other
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
55135.125.146.80Germany
AS16276OVH SAS
1184.30.22.30Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625AKAMAI-AS
1162.19.138.119Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16276OVH SAS
151.195.34.220France
AS16276OVH SAS
169.173.156.138United States
AS26667RUBICONPROJECT
1142.250.185.97United States
AS15169GOOGLE
151.195.115.36France
AS16276OVH SAS
1142.250.184.194United States
AS15169GOOGLE
154.208.149.111Ashburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618AMAZON-AES
118.245.31.65United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
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Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T12E541971F1391A15907345C97CE47789967CC20AC6831B7AFAAF7369C3CE8E46A32748

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

1536:nSeP7MQUVNyrTwEszixdxqa+CHOh2t4dIyT7ypagYKZZe0sKLnKC4PRleZEA3ixK:rP7ZEN+yb7ypagt1LieZq4hS8Sib0bM

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:299056:DAfA8EQlCngEIUBhiSQNATOGkU0UiDLgAs24pQgQsBA4YSJgARFxkM4yABXAA0gsMEgAYziwoAgGBGGpQpQxGBISyhBLGoQy

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

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